A few days ago, Egypt’s communication pioneers initiated a campaign under the hashtag “Noah’s right to education” to support an 8-year-old boy who was denied an education and whose talent was rejected by schools.
The young Noah’s journey began when his family applied to enrol him in the same school as all of his friends. However, because of his injury from Esberger syndrome, which caused him to speak only English since birth, and his injury from the autistic spectrum, no schools would take him.
While his mother, Iman Omar, stated to the Arabic that although her son was born with a disability that enabled him to speak English fluently without having to learn it, he is unable to pronounce Arabic,
As “he was preparing cartoon films, after sketching characters to develop them, building montage, and producing them as well, in addition to that, he will put it on it,” she continued, “he was beginning to show his other talents a while ago.”
He also emphasised that despite her attempts to enrol in international schools, drop the Arabic-taught courses, and transfer her credits to other topics, she was rejected on a permanent basis due to his sickness and autism.
The mother disclosed that she followed the advice of some officials and decided to delay the registration of her small school for the current year until he enrolled in “the experimental schools of the government’s languages,” but she encountered the same issue because of a policy these schools have in place that prevents students with disabilities or autism because there aren’t enough resources or teachers who can handle these cases.
She also stated that she applied to 19 additional schools, but rejected him from each of them due to his illness or the age of two months, depending on the situation.
However, she stressed that the biggest problem is that her child entered his eighth age, and with the passage of time, the prescribed age will exceed the school and thus deprives education permanently and forever.
In response to this humanitarian crisis, social media activists created the hashtag “Noah’s right to education,” urging the government to step in to preserve the gifted youngster and his school rather than deny him his right to an education.
Additionally, they urged the minister of education to keep him out of any and all actions and circumstances that would obstruct and kill his dream as well as the dream of his family.
A brilliant child rejects a tale that consumed Egypt.
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